MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015 SPORTS

Malouda joins Delhi Dynamos Trinh-Duc dropped Ko loses Vancouver lead VANCOUVER: World number two Lydia Ko squandered the outright lead NEW DELHI: Former Chelsea winger Florent Malouda will join Brazilian Roberto from squad with a bogey on her last hole at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open on Carlos at the Delhi Dynamos for the second season of the Indian Super League, Saturday and faces a final round shoot-off for the title with playing partner the club announced yesterday. PARIS: France coach Philippe Saint-Andre left out flyhalf Francois Candie Kung. The 35-year-old former France international last played for Metz. “I am Trinh-Duc from his 31-man World Cup squad announced yesterday, in The New Zealand teenager, who entered the round extremely excited for my new innings and to join forces with Roberto Carlos,” the favor of Frederic Michalak. two shots adrift of overnight leader Kung, took former Lyon player said in a club statement. Saint-Andre has dropped four other players from his preliminary the lead after a solid front nine at Vancouver “India has great football talent and a league like ISL will bring certain amount squad, axing SÈbastien Vahaamahina, Xavier Chiocci, Loann Goujon Golf Club but the final-hole blip left her 12- of interest and will help develop Indian football. “I look forward to give my best to and Remi Lamerat. Lamerat of Castres was dropped in favour of under with the Taiwan-born American. the league and make the Delhi fans proud.” The second season of the Toulouse centre GaÎl Fickou and, while the front trio of Vahaamahina, “That was my first bogey in two days. I’ll take eight-team league begins on Oct. 3. Chiocci and Goujon were not expected to make the cut, Trinh-Duc’s that,” Ko told reporters after her three-under 69. “I “Malouda is a classic player and brings with him years of world absence comes as a surprise. “[It was a] difficult moment to see the five played really solid. You never know what’s going to class experience,” Carlos, Delhi’s marquee player-manager said. “I am players leave the group,” Saint-Andre said in a statement. Trinh-Duc is a happen, I just have to play my own game.” American sure both the Indian and international players will learn a lot from casualty of the resurgence of Michalak, who became France’s all-time Alison Lee shot a 66 to be two shots shy of the leaders him. His presence will not only strengthen the team but will also record points scorer during the 25-20 victory over England in Paris on with Frenchwoman Karine Icher a further stroke back. create high excitement levels among the ISL fans,” added the Saturday. Kung shot a 71 and will bid for her first win since 2008 after former Real Madrid defender. Another rival for the flyhalf role was RÈmi TalËs, whose importance hanging tough with Ko on Saturday. Eighteen-year-old sen- The ISL got off to a rousing start last year with to the squad as an off-field leader is also a reason why Trinh-Duc has sation Ko will fancy her chances at Vancouver Golf Club on Brazilian Zico headlining the managers’ list and its mar- missed out. Sunday, however, having won the tournament there as quee players including Italian duo Alessandro Del France welcome Scotland to the Stade de France on Sept.5 in anoth- an amateur in 2012 and defended the title the fol- Piero and Marco Materazzi, and Frenchman Nicholas er pre-tournament warm-up match, before they begin their World Cup lowing year in Edmonton. —Reuters Anelka.—Reuters campaign against Italy at Twickenham on Sept.19.—Reuters Astros see off Dodgers

HOUSTON: Scott Kazmir pitched six solid He sent his 34th homer deep into the innings, and Jose Altuve and Luis Valbuena bullpens beyond left field in the third inning homered as the Houston Astros defeated before delivering a two-run single in the Zack Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers fourth and an RBI double in the fifth. 3-1 Saturday night. A night after teammate Mike Fiers PIRATES 3, GIANTS 2 pitched a no-hitter against the Dodgers, Starling Marte hit a solo off Kazmir (7-8) didn’t permit a runner until George Kontos with two outs in the ninth Jimmy Rollins singled to start the fourth inning, lifting Pittsburgh over San Francisco. inning. Kang Jung-ho hit a pair of solo homers The Astros won a matchup of division for the Pirates in the matchup of playoff leaders and ended an eight-game winning contenders. Marte sent the first pitch he streak by Greinke (13-3). Kazmir rebounded saw from Kontos (2-2) into the sun- from his worst start with the Astros, giving drenched seats in left field for his second up one run and six hits while striking out career walkoff hit. Mark Melancon (3-1) eight. Relievers Will Harris and Pat Neshek needed six pitches to get through the top of each pitched a perfect inning and Luke the ninth. Gregerson worked the ninth for his 24th save. YANKEES 6, INDIANS 2 Luis Severino earned his first major METS 14, ROCKIES 9 league win, getting all the support he need- he roughed up the ed in the first inning on a pair of home runs Colorado Rockies by the exact same score from Brett Gardner and Brian McCann as the for the second straight day, with Juan Uribe New York Yankees beat Cleveland. homering to start an eight-run burst in the Making his fourth career start, the 21- third inning. year-old Severino (1-2) gave up a one-out The NL East leaders got a season high- homer in the first to fellow rookie Francisco tying 21 hits, including 10 for extra bases. Lindor, but yielded only two singles and Every New York starter had at least one hit, four walks in the remainder of his gritty with Jonathon Niese (8-9) delivering innings. Danny Salazar (11-7) took the loss. a two-run single in the big third. Coming off The Yankees retired the No. 20 of former his first career shutout, Chris Rusin (4-6) catcher Jorge Posada before the game. went two-plus innings and allowed 11 runs and 12 hits, eight of them doubles. ROYALS 6, RED SOX 3 Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer, BLUE JAYS 15, ANGELS 3 Yordano Ventura pitched six effective Josh Donaldson went 4 for 5 with a innings as AL Central-leading Kansas City three-run homer, driving in six runs and ended Boston’s four-game winning streak. propelling Toronto to its 18th victory in 22 Ventura (8-7) gave up one run and six DENVER: New York Mets’ Juan Lagares follows the flight of his RBI-single off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Chris Rusin in the third games. hits, striking out six. He improved to 4-0 in inning of a game. —AP Jose Bautista had a two-run triple during his last six starts. Greg Holland got Travis a seven-run fourth inning by the streaking Shaw to pop out with the bases loaded for seventh inning as Minnesota beat Arizona handed Cincinnati its eighth RAYS 5, ATHLETICS 4 Blue Jays. They followed up their 9-2 win at final out, earning his 28th save. Mookie Baltimore. straight loss. Asdrubal Cabrera homered and then hit the Big A on Friday with the highest-scoring Betts hit a solo homer and David Ortiz had After overcoming a two-run deficit in the Goldschmidt, who hadn’t homered since a two-run double in the ninth inning as performance in three years by the majors’ two singles and three walks for the Red Sox. eighth on Friday night, Minnesota handed July 27, had the seventh multihomer game Tampa Bay rallied past Oakland. The Rays most productive offense. Leading 2-0 in the sixth, the Royals chased Chris Tillman (9-8) his first loss since May 31. of his career and finished with four hits and got just five hits off A’s starter Amid “M-V-P!” chants from the visitors’ Matt Barnes (3-4) when Perez homered. The Twins have won seven straight over three runs. before coming back for their first win this fans in Mike Trout’s home stadium, Baltimore dating to last season. They are 6-0 All-Star center fielder A.J. Pollock fol- season when trailing going into the ninth. Donaldson drove in six runs in a three- TWINS 3, ORIOLES 2 against the Orioles this season. Casey Fien lowed his back-to-back four-hit games by Daniel Nava, a replacement after James inning span, giving him 100 RBIs for the first picked up his first major (4-5) pitched 1 1-3 innings to earn his sec- going 3 for 5 and scoring two runs for Loney was ejected, drew a one out walk time in his career. league RBI with a tiebreaking single in the ond win in two nights. He entered in the Arizona. Zack Godley (4-0) allowed one run against switch-pitcher Pat Venditte (0-2). sixth and struck out Manny Machado with in 3 2-3 innings. Daniel Hudson got two Logan Forsythe doubled and Cabrera, who the bases loaded and two outs. Kevin outs for his second save. Anthony hit a solo shot in the seventh, doubled on Jepsen got three straight outs for his eighth DeSclafani (7-9) took the loss. the first pitch from Drew Pomeranz. Alex save. Colome (6-4) recorded six outs for the win. PHILLIES 4, MARLINS 2 RANGERS 5, TIGERS 3 Aaron Altherr and Darin Ruf hit back-to- WHITE SOX 6, MARINERS 3 Yovani Gallardo took a shutout into the back solo home runs in the ninth inning, Chicago scored two runs in the ninth seventh inning as Texas spoiled Randy sending Philadelphia past Miami. Altherr inning to tie the game and then took Wolf’s return to the majors by defeating broke the tie with a homer off A.J. Ramos (1- advantage of the Seattle bullpen’s wildness Detroit. 4). Ruf followed with a homer on the next for a three-run 10th to beat the Mariners. Gallardo (10-9) allowed eight hits in six- pitch to give the Phillies consecutive After tying the game against Carson plus innings. The Tigers didn’t score until Ian homers for the first time this season. Smith on Alexei Ramirez’s RBI single and Kinsler’s three-run homer with two outs in Elvis Araujo (2-1) got the final out of the pinch-hitter Adam LaRoche’s groundout, the ninth. Wolf (0-1) gave up three earned eighth inning to earn the win. Ken Giles Tyler Saladino walked to open the 10th runs and nine hits in seven innings in his pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in against Danny Farquhar (0-4), who failed to first major league start since June 2014. 12 chances. retire any of the four batters he faced. Wolf, who turned 39 on Saturday, was Jose Abreu followed with a double off acquired by Detroit in a trade with Toronto PADRES 8, CARDINALS 0 the wall in right-center. Melky Cabrera was on Thursday. Ian Kennedy combined with five relievers walked intentionally to load the bases and on an eight-hitter, and Matt Kemp and Garcia walked to force in a run that made it CUBS 9, BRAVES 7 Justin Upton keyed a seven-run seventh 4-3. Edgar Olmos relieved and after an out, and hit back- inning, leading San Diego over St. Louis. Cabrera scored on a passed ball by Mike to-back home runs and the eighth inning as The Padres, who have won nine of 11, Zunino to make it 5-3. Ramirez reached on a the beat Atlanta for their third tied their season high with their fifth fielding error by Robinson straight win. straight win. Kennedy (8-11) allowed the Cano to reload the bases and Garcia then homered from both sides of first two runners to reach base in the sev- scored on Carlos Sanchez’s fielder’s choice. the plate in the Braves’ sixth loss in a row. enth before three relievers each struck out a Nate Jones (1-0) pitched the ninth and Montero and Soler connected off Edwin batter. Carlos Martinez (12-6) lost his second David Robertson worked the 10th for his Jackson (2-2), released by the Cubs last straight start. 25th save.—AP month. Addison Russell and homered earlier for Chicago. Swisher con- nected left-handed and right-handed in the same game for the 14th time, tying Mark MLB results/standings Teixeira for most ever. (2-6) got the win. Hector Rondon pitched the ninth NY Yankees 6, Cleveland 2; Chicago Cubs 9, Atlanta 7; Pittsburgh 3, San Francisco 2; Minnesota 3, Baltimore 2; for his 23rd save in 27 chances. Washington 6, Milwaukee 1; Texas 5, Detroit 3; Philadelphia 4, Miami 2; Arizona 11, Cincinnati 7; Houston 3, LA Dodgers 1; Kansas City 6, Boston 3; NY Mets 14, Colorado 9; San Diego 8, St. Louis 0; Toronto 15, LA Angels 3; NATIONALS 6, BREWERS 1 Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 4; 6, Seattle 3 (10 innings). Anthony Rendon homered and doubled American League National League to drive in two runs, and rookie Joe Ross Eastern Division Eastern Division W L PCT GB NY Mets 66 56 .541 - allowed one run in seven innings as NY Yankees 68 54 .557 - Washington 61 61 .500 5 Washington beat Milwaukee. Michael Taylor Toronto 68 55 .553 0.5 Atlanta 53 70 .431 13.5 hit a home run for the third straight night, Baltimore 62 60 .508 6 Miami 50 73 .407 16.5 connecting on a two-run shot for Tampa Bay 62 61 .504 6.5 Philadelphia 49 74 .398 17.5 Washington, which had lost eight of 10. Boston 56 67 .455 12.5 Central Division Central Division Ross (4-5), 0-2 with a 9.35 ERA in his two St. Louis 77 45 .631 - Kansas City 74 48 .607 - Pittsburgh 73 48 .603 3.5 previous starts, gave up six hits, struck out Minnesota 62 61 .504 12.5 four and didn’t walk a batter. Taylor Detroit 59 63 .484 15 Chicago Cubs 70 51 .579 6.5 Jungmann (7-5) endured his worst outing of Chicago White Sox 58 63 .479 15.5 Milwaukee 53 71 .427 25 the season. He went four innings, allowing Cleveland 57 65 .467 17 Cincinnati 51 70 .421 25.5 five runs and seven hits. Western Division Western Division Houston 68 56 .548 - LA Dodgers 67 55 .549 - Texas 63 59 .516 4 San Francisco 66 57 .537 1.5 DIAMONDBACKS 11, REDS 7 HOUSTON: Los Angeles Dodgers’ Adrian Gonzalez (23) is forced out at second base as LA Angels 63 60 .512 4.5 Arizona 61 61 .500 6 Paul Goldschmidt hit a pair of two-run Seattle 56 67 .455 11.5 Houston Astros throws to first base but on a ball hit by Chase San Diego 61 62 .496 6.5 homers and Ender Inciarte homered as Oakland 53 71 .427 15 Colorado 49 72 .405 17.5 Utley, who was safe during the ninth inning of a baseball game. —AP